The National Rifle Association will be allowed to depose former New York Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria Vullo in the group’s lawsuit against the state over what it has argued was a violation of its free speech rights and selective enforcement of the state’s insurance regulations.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Christian Hummel of the Northern District of New York wrote in the decision that, while Vullo is considered a high-ranking state official, the information sought by the NRA through discovery could likely only be obtained through her testimony, rather than other sources.